The first media report that I read came from the BBC News website. The article reported how an Iraqi priest, a Christian, was shot in a drive-by shooting in Baghdad. It goes on to mention how Christians in Iraq feel targeted by Islamic militants and how they are fleeing the country, and that Pope Benedict XVI called for an end to the bloodshed in Iraq. This article seems to be relatively fairly and concisely written. There is almost no distinguishable bias.
The second media report that I read came from the Daily Kos, one of the most popular blogs on the Internet. It quotes a NY Times article that talks about how the army is worried about the mental health of soldiers on multiple tours of Iraq. The author of the blog post then goes on to analyze that article, saying that there is almost no political progress in Iraq, and most of the important issues are not any closer to being resolved than they were several years ago. According to the author, the only difference is that the soldiers that we are sending to Iraq now are on their third and fourth tours and are having serious health issues because of it. This article has an obvious liberal bias, as does all of the Daily Kos, as it is severely critical of the war and the deployment of soldiers to Iraq for their third or fourth tours, which President Bush supports, according to the quoted NY Times article.
These media reports are very different from each other. In the first one, the BBC just reports the news and does not analyze it. However, in the second one, because it is a blog, the author of the blog post takes it upon himself to analyze the news and give his opinion of the situation, which creates an obvious bias.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7332339.stm
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/4/5/19267/67022/366/490863
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